Women's Southern League 2002: Match 2, Norman Park, Bromley

1 Hertford Phoenix 207; 2 Belgrave H 182; 3 Bromley AC 157; 4 Hastings AC 138, 5 North Devon 126.

Faced with a severely depleted team because of the clash with the international at Loughborough, team manager Cynthia James amazingly managed to field a complete team in all but one event. Unfortunately for her, that meant she also had to compete (in three field events!). Likewise, many of the rest of the team showed themselves to be real troopers by filling in in events that weren't their usual.

Nonetheless, a spirited team effort from the seniors and juniors led to Belgrave achieving 2nd place on the day although, to be fair, some of the competition appeared to be suffering even more from a significant lack of athletes.
In windy conditions, Lucy Webber's pole vault of 3.95, just days after flying back from the US, easily won the competition and would have been enough to beat Janine Whitlock's 3.92 at Loughborough too.

Amala Onuora continued to show her excellent form, dominating her races and pulling off a flying finish to help the team win the 4x100m relay. Other strong performances came from Maria Sharp in the 800m and 3000m, and Maureen Knight's multi-events on the field.

The juniors faced some stiff competition but managed to hold their own. The performance of the day, however, had to go to Louise Collier with her club record smashing 1500m. Not only did Louise knock 11 seconds off Jackie Stone's 17 year old U15 record, but she also knocked 0.6 seconds off Jenny Webb's U17 record. Well done Louise!

Senior Women
100m: 1 A.Onuora (U17) 12.2; 4 S.Murray-Burton (U17) 13.9. 200m: 1 A.Onuora (U17) 25.2; 2 S.McGregor (U17) 28.2. 400m: 4 S.Stracey 62.5; 4 S.McGregor 64.8. 800m: 1 M.Sharp 2:15.0; 4 J.Poloni 3:00.0. 1500m: 3 S.Stracey 5:10.6; 2 C.Eastham 6:10.9. 3000m: 1 M.Sharp 10:04.6; 2 T.Sturton 11:05.9. 100mH: 1 M.Knight 15.6; 3 J.Smiter 22.9. 400mH: 3 J.Smiter 88.4; 2 C.Eastham 91.6. HJ: 1 M.Knight 1.60; 1 M.Nestor (U17) 1.50. LJ: 1 M.Knight 5.38; 1 M.Nestor (U17) 4.81. TJ: 2 M.Nestor (U17) 10.20; 2 J.Smiter 8.47. PV: 1 L.Webber 3.95; 1 J.Smiter 1.80. SP: 1 M.Knight 11.55; 5 C.James (W55) 6.76. DT: 5 C.James (W55) 16.86; 5 J.Poloni 10.12. JT: 2 M.Knight 32.36; 5 T.Sturton 12.20. HT: 5 C.James (W55) 15.07; 5 J.Smiter 13.85. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 51.4 (S.McGregor, S.Stracey, S.Murray-Burton, A.Onuora). 4x400m: 5 Belgrave 4:36.2 (M.Nestor 67.2, J.Poloni 78.1, S.Stracey 66.7, M.Sharp 64.2).

Under 17 Women
80mH: 3 S.McGregor 14.8. 300mH: 1 A.Forsyth 46.7.

Under 15 Girls
100m: 3 T.Hassan 13.4; 3 E.Collins 14.4. 200m: 3 T.Hassan 27.9; 4 S.Kemp 29.8. 800m: A.Bollam 2:50.9; 4 K.Burns (U13) 2:48.8. 1500m: 1 L.Collier 4:52.0; 2 C.Olawore 5:28.3. 75mH: 4 C.Olawore 16.2; 3 A.Bollam 17.4. HJ: 2 T.Hassan 1.47; 4 S.Kemp 1.20. LJ: 4 A.Bollam 3.71; 5 E.Collins 3.23. SP: 3 I.Sanders 7.77; 4 L.Collier 5.37. DT: 2 I.Sanders 20.16; 2 C.Olawore 16.58. JT: 4 I.Sanders 13.19; 4 S.Kemp 10.61. 4x100m: 2 Belgrave 55.2 (S.Kemp, E.Collins, L.Collier, T.Hassan).

Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.